Stage II Vapor Recovery Overview

TCEQ approved facility representatives are responsible for ensuring that every employee is aware of the purposes and correct operating procedures of the system, ensuring that the performance criteria is proper to the Stage II system equipment being operated and maintained, and successfully completing approved training within three months of the departure of the previous approved facility representative.

The counties are known as "non-attainment areas" because ground level ozone levels there have exceeded federal limits. Gas stations in these areas must have Stage II recovery systems installed at the pumps and must have at least one worker trained by a TCEQ approved training provider to operate and maintain a Stage II vapor recovery system.

Examination

Registration Validity

Facility's Responsibilities and Options

A gas station in an area where ground-level ozone exceeds federal limits, then the facility must have at least one worker at that station trained and certified to operate and maintain a Stage II vapor recovery system.

If a company has more than one gas station facility, the company may:

send at least one employee from each station to a TCEQ-approved training provider for the "Representative" course; or

have one of your employees take the "Trainer" course from a TCEQ-approved training provider. This employee may then train each of the other Stage II facility representatives you need. (Their Stage II facility representative certifications will be valid at only the company's stations and only if they remain employed.)

Stage II Vapor Recovery Training Providers

TCEQ approved training providers are required per course guidelines to administer a written examination or written documentation/worksheet of the participant's general understanding of the course materials and presentation. Participants must meet the requirements before obtaining a certificate of course completion.